The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-15
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when they grow to rank, and states
that he has increased the yield by so
doing.
1t is useless to hope to destroy the
acidity of certain soils by the applica-
ton of lime and ether supposed correc-
tives; only drainage will accomplish it.
The State Board of Agriculture of
Pennsylvania declares the cost of grow
ing a crop of wheat IA to p bushel, and
hence wheat is grown at a loss in that
State.
BY stirring the soil after every rain
the weeds win be more easily destroy
ed than at any other time. Never al
low the weeds to go to seed, especially
in the garden.
Celery plant should be pricked out
about six inches apart as soon rs they
are large enough to handle with the fing-
ers. When six or seven inches high,
transplant foot apart in the rows.
Farmyard manure supplies all the es-
sential elements of plant food. The inn
mediate return from its application is
much less than from the same amount
of plant food applied in artificial ma
nure.
Any putrid oder about the sink-drain
or privy should be regarded rs menace
to the health and life of all living in
the neighborhood. Both these places
should be often and thoroughly cleaned
out and the privy-vault should admit of
consistent ventilation.
Only sheep take to beans naturally,
and even they may require some urg-
ing. But beans are very nutritious,
and if there are more refuse or stained
ones than the sheep will consume, by
boiling them or mixed with oats and
grinding, hogs may be induced to eat
them.
Flint, in his work on the grasses, in
speaking of timothy, remarks that at
the time of blossoming it has greater
percentage of flesh, fat-forming princi-
plies and less woody fiber, than most
other grasses. 1t is of interest for
farmers to know which grass is most
profitable for them TO grow.
A strong nest of humble bees in . big
sclover field is worth $50 to the owner;
for these insects are the chief agents in
fertilizing the blossoms, thereby insur-
ing a heavy crop of seed. In Australia
there are no humble bees of our kind,
and they could not raise clover there
,1ptil they itt,,,orfed some
The Insane Hospital farm at Angus
ia, Me-, is in flourishing condition
this year. About 30 acres of plowed
land are under cultivation. The garden
alone comprises Is acres. Among the
stock on the farm are 400 pigs of tha
/ White Chester breed, and this number
will be increased to 500 or 900 before the
1 summer closes.
Many !, good crop is sonNtImes al
most ruined by neglechiag TO harvest it
at the propa- ume. Germ fodder be-
comes dry and weather beaten if allow
ed to remain to long in the field. Oats,
buckwheat rye and other grain crops
waste very much if allowed to stand
after they are ripe. Potatoes and other
root crops are often damaged by re
manning TO long in the ground.
There is too much dead-ripe clover
cut. The beginning of harvesting is
delayed until the blossoms begin to
turn brown, which is the rule with
many, and then comes on wet weather,
and the crop is well nigh spoiled. 1t
is one of the most difficult of all fodder
crops to cure, and very unsafe 10 try to
do anything within time of catching
weather. Hence it is very likely 10
get the go-by until it is too ripe to be of
much value as fodder.
While it is urged that farmers should
give greater attention to the production
of large proportion Of lean meat in
hogs, the fact remains that they can get
more for lard than for lean, which will
always prompt them to have the hogs
as fat as possible before killing. Anoth-
er fact is that fat can be produced at a
smaller. cost than lean, while the hogs
sold in fat condition carry away less
of the fertility of the soil than the same
weight of lean.
The cattIe-owners are justly indig-
nant at the outrages committed on
their property, and they are organizing
to employ counsel and legal aid to see if
the work of wanton destruction cannot
be stopped. The operations of the
pleuro-pneumonia butchers resemble
policy that would direct the destruction
of row of business blocks by fire to
free them from the alleged presence of
rats, when the fact was that not rat
could be found on the premises. Chi
cago journal.
Milking Heifers.